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--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Lawrence William Coates <coatesl@...> wrote:
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> This isn't quite what you're asking, but I enjoyed the rural sheriff who makes an appearance when I re-read "Lady in the Lake."
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Yes, that guy is a great character. Pilfered from Chandler's short story _No Crime in the Mountains_, if I recall correctly. I've reread a bunch of the stories from Killer in the Rain reently, but not that one. As in previous readings, _Bay City Blues_ impressed me as a masterpiece of a story.

Best,

mrt

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